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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
College Undergraduate Dean Wins National Award for Inclusive Leadership
Vanden Bout received the 2019 Inclusive Leader Award from GlobalMindED, a national nonprofit organization that aims to improve education and employment opportunities for students who are...
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Department of Molecular BIosciences
Turning Plant Pests into Helpers
Aphids are an enemy for most plants now, but the latest work from a team led by Jeffrey Barrick may make them a crop's new...
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New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks
An artificial intelligence agent that can glance quickly at parts of a new environment and infer the full scene might be more effective on dangerous...
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Decoding a Drop of Water to Understand Life on the Texas Coast
You can swim, but you can't hide.
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5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Four Years of Undergrad Research
We asked graduating seniors from across the college to share their best tips for research success.
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UT Marine Science Institute Teams with SeaWorld San Antonio
When SeaWorld San Antonio unveiled and opened Turtle Reef™, featuring non-releasable sea turtles in a first-of-its-kind habitat, part of the focus was on its partnership...
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Department of Computer Science
Computer Scientist Honored for Teaching Excellence
Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award, which celebrates outstanding...
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